"Jack and Becky face exposure and resultant separation"
Jack Wetherley walked slowly, morosely, along the front of the new stables. Not since the death of his father six years earlier, had he ever felt so low. Passing the open-gated front of the twenty, as yet, unused stalls, he...
"Jack's job prospects take flight, but Becky has a shock for him."
For everyone on the Brandling Estate, the three months after their Newmarket triumph became the most chaotic, the most worrying, the most exciting, the most definitive months they would ever know.After Trafalgar’s massive success as a three-year-old, Jack Wetherley, Sir Oswald...
"And Puissard," the old jailer warned, "Leave the poor girl alone." He gave the foul-smelling rabassier an unceremonious shove through the outer gate and into the cobbled alleyway behind the Périgueux jail. The grizzled Frenchman turned as he stumbled to...
"Jack and Becky share love and hope watching Trafalgar tackle a Classic"
The Two Thousand Guineas. At last! Jack Wetherley’s heart pounded, as the eleven horses trotted out onto the course. The bright silks of the jockeys added to the extra colour provided by the glamorous gowns worn by the lady spectators...
"A young man's chance encounter with damsels in distress leads to a night of debauchery!"
The traveller plodded along, astride his weary stead on a narrow winding trail. It was late afternoon and both animal and man desired an end to the long day's journey.It was the year 1855, well-nigh twenty years into Queen Victoria's...
"What some women will do to put food on the table."
The year is 1984, the place is the South Wales coalfields, the problem – a faceoff between the government and the National Union of Mineworkers, and one union leader in particular. The result is a yearlong strike, violent clashes between...
"Be careful where you eat."
The new diner was an old Rout-Master, its sign:Savor the Meal: Where Time Holds Still“Mike, I haven’t seen this dinner before. Catchy name, what do ya think,” said Jamie.“It’s got to be dedicated to that TV show. The windows look like...
"Life for a citizen of a small Rome city has may pleasures"
It has been five years since I escaped from the city of Pompeii with a young slave girl. My fortunes are well, the slave is now my wife, and has borne me two strong sons.We left our sons with our...
"Jack and Becky get closer as Trafalgar develops."
Heading for Doncaster race meeting, settled high on the carriage seat of the horsebox, Jack Wetherley knew he was going to have to suppress his growing excitement of what lay ahead. He flicked at the reins to urge on the...
"(Following directly from Chapter 4)"
When I awoke I was entwined in Teia's arms. The last things I remembered from the night before was Teia's gentle, sibilant voice and her large, luminous eyes. We had kissed again and again for what seemed like hours. She...
